Media + Culture
The Latest Dehumanizing, Anti-Harm Reduction Media Portrayal of Skid Row
On February 18, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid New York Post republished a new article ...
Dismantling NY Mag’s Disgraceful Hit-Job on Vaping
New York Magazine ran an article this month—in its “Intelligencer” vertical, of all places—with ...
Why Did LSD Help Me With My Philosophy Degree?
It’s summer in the 1990s. I’m looking down from a hill in Richmond Park, ...
Radical Theater Performance Subverts Rikers Violence
Christmas was a week away. The sky was baby blue, but you wouldn’t have ...
Why Overdose Deaths Have Fallen Here—Despite More Overdoses
Roughly 66 times every single day in British Columbia, someone calls 911 for a ...
The Artist Making Harm Reduction Gay Again
The makeshift harm reduction center quietly popped up in Chelsea, one of the historically ...
I Disagreed With Dr. Drew—And Unleashed His MAGA Twitter Horde
It was Christmas night. I was hosting my family here in Minnesota, feeling full ...
Fab 5 Freddy Speaks Out Against the “Vaping Scare Campaign”
Fab 5 Freddy, also known as Fred Brathwaite, is a man of prodigious talents. ...
Screen Depictions of Parents Who Use Drugs Still Fuel Stigma and Punishment
Let’s play a game. I’m going to describe a scene, and you guess which ...
Vapes and Lung Disease: The CDC’s Lesson in How Not to Handle an Illness Outbreak
Optimally resolving a nationwide outbreak of any illness involves the cooperation of not only ...
